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- catalog abstract "As a teacher of writing and a highly respected author of prose and poetry for both adults and children, Nancy Willard knows well the power of writing. In thirteen graceful essays she speaks of the realities of a writer's life and of the ever-present need to turn the reader into a believer. She speaks of the abiding spirits - the "angels"--That preside over the world around us and with which writers must reckon as they form their ideas about objects, actions, and human beings. Readers of these essays will be challenged to a new awareness - and inspired to use that awareness to create.".
- catalog contributor b5039040.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "As a teacher of writing and a highly respected author of prose and poetry for both adults and children, Nancy Willard knows well the power of writing. In thirteen graceful essays she speaks of the realities of a writer's life and of the ever-present need to turn the reader into a believer. She speaks of the abiding spirits - the "angels"--That preside over the world around us and with which writers must reckon as they form their ideas about objects, actions, and human beings. Readers of these essays will be challenged to a new awareness - and inspired to use that awareness to create.".
- catalog description "How Poetry Came Into the World and Why God Doesn't Write It -- High Talk in the Starlit Wood: On Spirits and Stories -- The Watcher -- The Skin on What We've Said -- Looking for Mr. Ames -- Danny Weinstein's Magic Book -- Truths the Devil Told Me: Poems and Parables -- When by Now and Tree by Leaf: Time and Timelessness in the Reading and Making of Children's Books -- Newbery Medal Acceptance -- The Birds and the Beasts were there: An Interview with Martin Provensen -- Telling Time -- Close Encounters of the Story Kind -- Something That Will Last.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "267 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Telling time.".
- catalog identifier "0156931303 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Telling time.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Diego : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich,".
- catalog relation "Telling time.".
- catalog subject "814/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Authorship.".
- catalog subject "PS3573.I444 T4 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "How Poetry Came Into the World and Why God Doesn't Write It -- High Talk in the Starlit Wood: On Spirits and Stories -- The Watcher -- The Skin on What We've Said -- Looking for Mr. Ames -- Danny Weinstein's Magic Book -- Truths the Devil Told Me: Poems and Parables -- When by Now and Tree by Leaf: Time and Timelessness in the Reading and Making of Children's Books -- Newbery Medal Acceptance -- The Birds and the Beasts were there: An Interview with Martin Provensen -- Telling Time -- Close Encounters of the Story Kind -- Something That Will Last.".
- catalog title "Telling time : angels, ancestors, and stories / Nancy Willard.".
- catalog type "text".